Carl Klingberg

Carl Klingberg ( born January 28, 1991, Gothenburg ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is since 2011 at the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League under contract and in parallel for their farm team St. John's IceCaps played in the American Hockey League. His younger brother John is also a professional hockey player.

Career

Carl Klingberg began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of the Frölunda HC, for the first team, he made ​​his debut in the Elitserien, the highest Swedish league announced in the 2008 /09 season. He scored two goals in ten games and gave a presentation. In the following season he was able to improve on six goals and seven assists in 49 games for Frölunda. In his first two years as a pro, he was also sometimes referred to as Players out on loan for the Borås HC from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second division, are used. In total he scored for the team in twelve second division games four goals and seven assists.

On 31 May 2010 Klingberg signed a contract with the Atlanta Thrashers, who had previously selected him in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 in the second round as the 34th overall player. The Atlanta Thrashers awarded him then back to the Frölunda HC, where he spent most of the season 2010/11. End of January 2011, he moved Players out on loan within the Elitserien for Timrå IK, for which he scored three goals and two assists in eleven games. He was then ordered from Atlanta to North America, where he met once for Atlanta's farm team Chicago Wolves in eight games in the American Hockey League. For the Thrashers even he gave on 10 April 2011 at the home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League.

In the summer of 2011, the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, Manitoba, resettled and Klingberg its successor team Winnipeg Jets joined to.

Internationally

For Sweden Klingberg took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2009 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2010 and 2011. At the 2010 U20 World Championships he won the bronze medal with his team.

Awards and achievements

• 2010 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships

Statistics

(End of season 2010/11)